Baby Burned After Falling Against Dutch Oven at Rocky Neck Campsite

A 17-month old boy was taken to the hospital after being burned at a campsite at Rocky Neck State Park in Niantic Saturday morning.

According to state Environmental Conservation police, the boy fell against a Dutch oven his family was using to cook breakfast. East Lyme Emergency Services responded around 9:30 a.m. The child was taken to Lawrence & Memorial Hospital in New London with moderate but non-life threatening burns.

The family is from Middlebury.

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